Beniamino Cavicchioni

Beniamino Cavicchioni (27 December 1836 – 17 April 1911) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was a papal diplomat and worked in the Roman Curia.


Beniamino Cavicchioni
Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed11 March 1910
Term ended17 April 1911
PredecessorFrancesco Satolli
SuccessorBenedetto Lorenzelli
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (1903-11)
Orders
Ordination18 December 1859
Consecration27 April 1884
by Luigi Serafini
Created cardinal22 June 1903
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Beniamino Cavicchioni

27 December 1836
Died17 April 1911(1911-04-17) (aged 74)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedCampo Verano
Previous post(s)Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador (1884-85)
Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia (1884-85)
Apostolic Delegate to Peru (1884-85)
Titular Archbishop of Amida (1884-94)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus (1894-1903)
Secretary for Seminaries of the Congregation of the Council (1895-1900)
Secretary of the Congregation of the Council (1900-03)
Alma materSapienza University of Rome

Biography

He was born in Pago Veiano, Italy, on 27 December 1836. He was ordained a priest on 18 December 1859.

He worked on the staff of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith with particular responsibility for the United States.[1]

On 21 March 1884, Pope Leo XIII appointed him titular archbishop of Amida and Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 27 April from Cardinal Luigi Serafini.[1]

He returned to Rome in 1889 and worked in the Roman Curia.

Pope Leo XIII made him Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli in the consistory held on 22 June 1903.[2]

From 11 March 1910 he was Prefect of the Congregation for Religious Studies.[2]

Cavicchioni underwent surgery and died a few days later on 17 April 1911 in Rome.[2]

References

  1. McNamara, Robert Francis (1956). The American College in Rome, 1855-1955. Christopher Press. pp. 251, 270.
  2. Lentz III, Harris M. (2015). Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 40–1. ISBN 9781476621555. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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